The Entrepreneurial Society

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Seven Steps Toward Inclusive, Innovative, and Sustainable Growth

   • Mark Sanders, Axel Marx, Mikael Stenkula

   Pages 1-6Open Access

3. Historical Roots, Ecosystem Assessment, Firm Formation Processes and Legal Competences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. A Historical Perspective on the Evolution of Finance, Knowledge, and Labor Market Institutions in Europe

      • Selin Dilli

      Pages 9-38Open Access

   3. Economic Impact Assessment of Entrepreneurship Policies with the GMR-Europe Model

      • Attila Varga, László Szerb, Tamás Sebestyén, Norbert Szabó

      Pages 39-70Open Access

   4. On the Institutional Foundations of the Varieties of Entrepreneurship in Europe

      • Andrea M. Herrmann

      Pages 71-90Open Access

   5. Towards an Entrepreneurial Society: What Can the European Union Contribute?

      • Axel Marx

      Pages 91-123Open Access

4. Country Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. A Reform Strategy for Italy

      • Mark Sanders, Mikael Stenkula, Luca Grilli, Andrea M. Herrmann, Gresa Latifi, Balázs Páger et al.

      Pages 127-162Open Access

   3. A Reform Strategy for Germany

      • Mark Sanders, Mikael Stenkula, Michael Fritsch, Andrea M. Herrmann, Gresa Latifi, Balázs Páger et al.

      Pages 163-202Open Access

   4. A Reform Strategy for the UK

      • Mark Sanders, Mikael Stenkula, James Dunstan, Saul Estrin, Andrea M. Herrmann, Balázs Páger et al.

      Pages 203-246Open Access

   5. What We Have Learned and How We May Proceed

      • Mark Sanders, Axel Marx, Mikael Stenkula

      Pages 247-252Open Access

This open access book is an outcome of the EU’s Horizon 2020 project ‘Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society’ (FIRES). Building on historical, economic and legal analysis, and combining methods and data across disciplines, the authors provide policymakers, stakeholders and scholars with valuable new tools for assessing and improving Europe’s entrepreneurial ecosystems. Then experts from Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom discuss tailored strategies for introducing entrepreneurial policy reforms in their respective countries.

• Institutions and entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship policy in the European Union
• Entrepreneurship policy in Germany
• Entrepreneurship policy in the UK
• Policies for entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Policy interventions for innovation in the EU
• Creating an entrepreneurial society in the EU
• Italian entrepreneurship policy
• Open Access

• Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  Mark Sanders

• Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  Axel Marx

• Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

  Mikael Stenkula

Axel Marx is deputy director of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven (Belgium). His research focuses on global governance, sustainability standards, non-state market regulation, human rights, trade governance, research methodology, comparative case methods and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA).